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Vacations you take. americans are not savers, but we are workaholics. a survey from expedia.com shows not only do americans get less vacation than everyone, they also don't seem to take the vacation they get. richard, what's going on with the rest of the world? are we all just lazy? >> no, stop that now. reverse the question, ali. what's wrong in the united states? you're archaic. it is prime evil. it is medieval. the way in which people get two weeks vacation and even then feel guilty about taking it. ask any ceo, do you want a workforce that is rested, engaged, and focused. and then ask them...

so he is running counter to conventional wisdom in that people still blame president bush for the current state of the economy. so i don't think it's -- while it looks like a great number, republicans ought to be jumping in and saying, oh, wow, the president is really vulnerable. when you look inside the numbers, he is less vulnerable than that would imply. >> let's take a look at some of the notable republicans who have said no just for the month of may for running for the gop election. jeb bush, donald trump, mike huckab huckabee. indiana govern. both present clear contrast to pres...

Went skiing? growing going did for three days. that was -- hard work. >> heather: a new survey fanning the u.s. is becoming the no -- finding the u.s. is becoming no vacation nation. jeremy campbell has those details. >> reporter: it is a mass departure downtown, 5:00 friday the beginning of memorial day weekend. fewer workers will be taking monday off this year, by choice. >> simply, a lot of times they don't have time to take their full vacation because they are probably trying to do the job of 1 1/2 to 2 people. >> reporter: a survey by expedia.com found the average employed american worker...

Reuters, 57% of americans did not take all of their vacation time. let's talk about why. we will check out the numbers from career builder.com, and 25% say they cannot afford to take time off. 12% of you can't foot the bill for a trip out of town, so you don't go. and so when you add up the numbers to 37% of americans won't take a vacation this year, that is more than one-third of the people in the country. talking about how much vacation time we all get. according to the survey by expedia.com, americans get on average 18 days of vacation every year, and we only use 14 of them. and we aren't e...

And france. america lags behind in the amount of vacation that's given to employees. that's the topic being debated in today's "your money." >> richard, i got a story specifically for you here because it is a real treat to have you here working as opposed to on one of those several vacations you take. americans are not savers but we are work holics, a survey from expedia.com shows not only do americans get less vacation than everyone, they seem to take less vacation than they get. what's going on with the rest of the world? are they just lazy? >> no, stop that now, ali. reverse the question. w...